Texas moving to limiting contact at football practice

To limit concussions and other injuries, Texas is moving toward
limiting contact during football practice to 90 minutes per week.
You can read about that here.
It’s an interesting move coming from the state where high school
football is king and it shows how things are changing in the
sport.
The WIAA approved new rules for summer practices in the spring. It came in
response to an amendment that would ban helmets during the
offseason in an effort to eliminate contact and decrease
concussions.
I was at the WIAA winter coalition meeting in March where the
summer practice amendment was discussed. I heard some of the
discussion and the state coaches association knows change to their
sport is coming and they’re hoping to be out in front on the issue
before others change their sport for them.
It’s going to be interesting to see how this issue moves. If Texas
is willing to make these changes, it could just be the first domino
toward the rest of the states.
And if this is the way the sport is going, how will the sport
evolve? Will it change the on-field product? Will it dramatically
alter how many are injured in the sport? How will the higher levels
of the sport evolve?